nuvi 760 uk traffic reception - bad or broken?

I'm disappointed by the poor reception of the traffic signal on my nuvi
760, I wonder whether it's working as well as I can expect, or whether it's
faulty.

If it does get traffic information, it's intermittent - it's never kept the
green light on for the whole journey, and often never makes contact.

It's not like I'm in the back of beyond, I'm using it in and around London.

I'm not certain, but I think it's worse at weekends (or maybe it's because
I go out more at weekends) - should the info be available all the time?

I have the antenna suckered to the windscreen.

TIA,
A.

Did you buy your GPS in the US? According to my owner's manual for the nuvi
760, the US signal strength is limited by law and is lower than that allowed
in Europe. If you bought your unit in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, it
should have a higher signal strength, but then Garmin advises not to use it
in the US because you would be breaking the law. Also, I found that the
best reception depends on the FM station that you are tuned to. At home
with the car parked in the driveway, I get great reception on at least 2
stations and fair reception on 3 or 4 others, but while driving, I often
have to change the station to get better reception and minimize static. I'm
using the "FM TMC" traffic receiver included with the nuvi 760, so I don't
know if one of the other systems like MSN Direct would get better results.
You might contact Garmin support with your specific questions to find out
more. It's possible that you have a faulty receiver/power cable that may be
covered under the warranty.

Goodluck, Keybored

On 29/06/08 21:05, Key Bored wrote:

That's interesting - but no, I bought it in England and I'm using it in
England.


By "FM station" do you mean the one used by the traffic receiver, or the
one playing choons? AFAICS I only have the trafficmaster service, and I
rarely listen to the radio in the car (thanks to podcasts getting the best
bits of Radio 4 :-)


It's often a bit of an ordeal contacting Garmin support (though the service
is always excellent when you do eventually get through) so I wanted to get
a clue whether other people were experiencing similar, or whether it worked
perfectly for everyone else.


Yesterday I upgraded the 760 firmware, and webupdater also found an update
for the traffic receiver ("gtm21", I think). Though the changelog didn't
mention any pertinent changes, I applied it anyway, and performance was
_much_ better yesterday, so maybe that's all it needed!

A.

The FM Traffic plug, which doubles as the power plug, is a piece of crap.
No other way of putting it. It is too delicate. Mine was in my luggage
aboard a airliner that was delayed in Phoenix AZ (120 deg F) for two hours,
when I got to the destination, picked up the rental car, I opened the
luggage to use the FM Traffic for power, and the plug had melted. It is far
too fragile and degrades easily. I went to a radio shack and for $15,
bought a power plug that is robust and will last a long time. Hoiwever, I do
not have the FM traffic info, which is all red during rush hours, where I
live anyway.

My plug (FM Transmitter) worked fine until the heat melted the end and the
tip would no longer make contact with the cig lighter plug for power. Since
Garmin charges $80 for a replacement, I think I will wait until they build a
more robust FM Transmitter, because, as it stands now, it is not worth it.

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The FM Traffic plug, which doubles as the power plug, is a piece of crap.
No other way of putting it. It is too delicate. Mine was in my luggage
aboard a airliner that was delayed in Phoenix AZ (120 deg F) for two hours,
when I got to the destination, picked up the rental car, I opened the
luggage to use the FM Traffic for power, and the plug had melted. It is far
too fragile and degrades easily. I went to a radio shack and for $15,
bought a power plug that is robust and will last a long time. Hoiwever, I do
not have the FM traffic info, which is all red during rush hours, where I
live anyway.

My plug (FM Transmitter) worked fine until the heat melted the end and the
tip would no longer make contact with the cig lighter plug for power. Since
Garmin charges $80 for a replacement, I think I will wait until they build a
more robust FM Transmitter, because, as it stands now, it is not worth it.

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